Outdoorman&#39;s coat



July 22, 1941. G, 5, BLAGDEN I `2,243,725

. oUTDooRMANs GOAT Filed April 28, 1939 final/114,110.-

Patented .uIy 2,2, 1.941

UNITED STATES PATENT `OFFICE UTDOORMANS COAT George Samuel Blagden,Memphis, Tenn. Application April 2S, 1939, Serial No. 270,686

Claims.

This .invention relates to improvements in sportswear, and it is moredirectly concerned with the outdoormans coat disclosed in the copendingapplication for patent filed by George S. Blagden Jan. 2l, 1939, SerialNo. 252,194. The general principles of the latter invention arepreserved in the instant coat, but now said coat has been simplified' insome of its details, thereby providing at least one additional advantageThe foregoing principle is briefly stated as comprising the provision inan outdoormans coat for increasing or decreasing the warmth of thegarment simply by fully donning the garment as a coat in the firstinstance, and in the second instance, of particularly folding the coatupon itself so as to lessen its covering area, This provision does notinterfere with the fundamental purpose of the coat as an ammunition andgame bag. With these statements in mind, the objects of the inventionare as follow:

First, to provide an outdoormans coat wherein a pair of Suspenders iscarried by the coat, their contiguous ends being attached' to the backportion of the coat, usually at a place well above the waist-line, theirremote ends being attached to the side portions of the coatapproximately at places at the extremities of the waist-line, saidSuspenders avoiding any interference whatsoever with the freedom of useof the coat, but serving the important purpose of suspending the coatfrom the shoulders of the wearer when said coat has been doubled over orfolded in part to reduce its covering area.

Second, to provide an outdoormans coat of the foregoing description, acharacteristic of the Suspenders when attached in the manner statedbeing an arching thereof between the points of attachment, said archingbeing particularly well suited to the adaptation of the Suspenders tothe sides of the body of the wearer when the garment is worn as a fullcoat, thereby insuring the holding of the Suspenders in place and out ofthe way, and to minimize the danger of their being caught uponobstructions such as branches, fence-rails and the like. Third, toprovide a coat of the foregoing type wherein specially located buttonson the sleeves and button-holes on the side portions of the coat enablethe preliminary hanging up of the sleeves, so to speak, this enabling abetter folding in of portions of the garment when the latter is intendedto be worn as a half coat.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a rear elevation of the outdoormans coat.

Figure 2 is a rear elevation of the coat, showing it stretched outfarther than in Fig. 1 and also partially folded so as to identify thegarment as 'both a half coat and specifically as a game bag.

Figure 3 is a partial'sectional and elevational view as seensubstantially on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

The garment is generally designated I. It comprises a top portion 2which is surmounted by a collar 3, a back portion 4 and side portions 5,6. A line 'l is indicated in Fig. 1 as comprising the division betweenthe previously mentioned back 4 and the bottom k8 of the coat.

This line provides a .convenient reference. 1nasmuch as it extendstransversely of the garment it is herein desired to be considered assubstantially matching the position of the waist-line of the wearer. Thebottom 8 has the conventional side pockets 9 and a game pocket I0. Thesepockets stay in approximately the same positions at the wearers sideswhether the garment is worn as a coat, or worn folded as a belt game bagthat largely encompasses the wearer at the waist, easy and immediateaccess being had to the openings thereof whether, as stated, the garmentis worn as a coat or as a belt game bag. Access to the latter is hadthrough side openings II and it is optional whether the pocket .I 0 issingle, that is to say, goes all the way across the bag, or comprisestwo individual pockets.

The sleeves I2 extend off from the coat in the customary manner, one ofvtheir distinguishing features being Vthat they carry buttons I3 onback. If the sleeves I2 were laid down fiat against the side portions 5,l in Fig. 1, the buttons I3 would be underneath the sleeves and adjacentto what would then be the back edges thereof. These edges are designatedI4, but by virtue of the fact that the sleeves I2 are raised in Fig. 1the .buttons I3 are in the uppermost position, but still on back of thesleeves.

These buttons are intended to be secured in specially positioned andprovided lbutton-holes I5. These button-holes have nothing to do withthe fastening of the buttons I6 of the coat, other button-holes l1 beingprovided for that purpose. At this point it is desired to state that thebuttons I3 and button-holes I5 are herein referred to for the sleevefastening means merely from the standpoint of convenience.

It would be entirely feasible and within the purview of the invention tosubstitute these elements with ordinary snap fasteners. By an extensionof this principle any other equivalent fastening can be used, becausethe fundamental purpose of any fastening between the extremity of thesleeves and the side portions 5, 6 of the coat is to temporarily anchorsaid extremities so that the sleeves will not hang loose when the coatis folded in as shown in Fig. 2.

Before considering the position there Shown, attention is directed tothe pair of Suspenders I8. The contiguous ends I9 of the suspendersaresecured at to the back portion 4 at places adjacent to the verticalcenter and at an altitude Well above the transverse or so-calledwaist-line 1. The remote ends 2| of the Suspenders are Secured at 22 tothe side portions 5, and fairly close to the adjacent coat margins.Furthermore, the places of Securement 22 are either directly on theWaist-line 'I or closely adjacent to it. The previously mentionedbutton-holes I5, which might well be styled auxiliary button-holes, areformed in the side portions 5, 6 a short distance above the remotesuspender ends 2l.

The Suspenders I8 are fairly loose. This avoids any tendency towardpressing tightly toward the sides of the wearer when the garment is'worn as a coat. At the same time Said looseness permits the Suspendersto take on the arched shape suggested in Fig. l. By considering thatfigure it is readily visualized that the Suspenders will applythemselves to the sides of the wearer whe-n the coat is donned andalthough the Suspenders lie firmly against the coat at that time yetthey will not impart a feeling of tightness as has already beenSuggested,

The advantage of mounting the Suspenders in the manner disclosed and ofcausing them to arch as the result is to insure their being held out ofthe way with normally no possibility of their catching in obstructionswhile hunting. When it is desired to reduce the area of the coat becauseof excess warmth or when it is desired to convert the coat mainly into agame bag, the user has only to secure the buttons I3 in the auxiliarybutton-holes I5.

This anchors the extremities of the sleeves. The .coat can be held up bymeans of the suspenders I8 whereupon the top portion 2 and the upperparts of the side portions 5, 6 will naturally fall inwardly into placemore or less in the manner shown in Fig. 2. The extremities of thesleeves will lie against the inside of the coat, and in practice moreclosely than suggested in Fig. 3. The garment is now put on, theresulting half coat (Fig. 2) being Supported from the shoulders of thewearer by Suspenders I8.

In conclusion it is desired to State that the previously describedsecurement of the high back suspender endsl at places adjacent to theVertical center of the coat is not to be regarded as a rigid limitation.Instead of pairing4 the suspenders as disclosed (Fig, 1) they may becrossed just before they are secured at'2, or -the Suspenders may bekept in the positions shown only spaced further apart at their upperends before being secured at 20.

I claim:

1, A garment comprising a coat having back and side portions, a pair ofSuspenders carried on the outside of the coat in diverging relationshipto each other, means attaching the remote ends of the Suspenders to theside portions, and

means attaching the contiguous ends of Said suspenders to the backportion of the coat above a medial line rimning transversely of the coatand in positions substantially centered on said back portion.

2. A garment comprising a coat having back and side portions, pocketscarried low on the outside of the coat, a pair of Suspenders carried onthe outside of and by the coat, means securing one pair of ends of theSuspenders on the outside of the back of the coat closely to each otherrelatively high up on the back portion of the coat and in positionsapproximately in the center of said back portion, and means securing theother pair of suspender ends relatively low on the side portions of thecoat and at the Virtual extremities of the waist line of the coat,thereby marking the boundaries of generally transverse lines on whichthe garment is foldable inwardly, providing for the shoulder supportthereof by said Suspenders and easy external access to the pockets.

3. A sleeved coat having back and side .portions, fastening means at thefree ends` of the sleeves, a pair of Suspenders carried by the coat,adapted to support the coat from the shoulders of the wearer whenportions of the coat are folded in to diminish the coveringarearthereof,v Said Suspenders being in downwardlydiverging relationshipto each other, means securing the remote ends of the Suspenders to SaidSide portions and at the substantial extremities of the waist line, Saidside portions having complemental fastening means for the Securement ofthe sleeves, and means Securing the contiguous ends of the suspenders tothe approximate middle of the back portion and in a position above thewaist line.

4. A garment comprising a coat having back and side portions, saidgarment being wearable as a full-length coat or halved by folding ongenerally transverse lines, pockets carried low on the outside of thecoat, a pair of downwardly diverging Suspenders carried by the outsideofthe coat and providing for Supporting said coat from the shoulders of awearerwhen halved by said gen erally transverse folding, means securingthe remote ends of the Suspenders to the side portions Substantially atthe ends of the Waist line, and other means securing the contiguous endsof the Suspenders to the back portion of vthe coat, the externallocation of the Suspenders assuring permanent external accessability tothe low pockets whether the garment is worn as a full length or halflength coat. Y

5, A garment comprising a Sleeved coat, suspenders carried by the coatand'adapted to support the coat from the shoulders of the wearer whenportions of the coat above the Suspenders are folded in to diminish thecovering area of the coat, said Suspenders having two ends attached tothe outside of the back of the coat and two ends attached to the sidesof the coat near the extremities of the waist line, thereby making theinward folding of the coat possible when the Suspenders are used, andfasteningV means mutually carried by the garment and the free ends ofthe sleeves so that said free ends may be temporarily fastened up to thegarment and kept from dragging low when the coat iS being Worn in thefolded position by the Suspenders.

GEORGE SAMUEL nnzionnrar.

